By Daven: Recently there was a post on this website, featuring the top ten greatest Mexican fighters to ever set foot inside a boxing ring. I found the discussion, especially from the Facebook users to be extremely intriguing. In essence it made me want to be bolder and evaluate the top 15 of all time. I thought doing a top 10 would be too easy hence why I’m doing overtime. Also I will only consider retired fighters, so active fighters are a no go area simply because their legacies are yet to be finalized.
First things first allow me to qualify my parameters. When I hear the term best “P4p” I immediately comprehend it to mean that if all the fighters were the same size yet had their own skill sets, then which skill set was the most impressive? Also I have to take into account the level of competition one has faced; the win loss record is not important to me at all.
By Eric Thomas: Previously unbeaten welterweight prospect Darnell Jiles Jr. (8-1-1, 3 KOs) ran into a big road block for his promising career when he was stopped in the 3rd round by Ray Robinson (10-0, 4 KOs) on Friday night at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York, New York. Robinson, 23, a tall, gangling 5’10” welterweight who just happens to share the same name as the famous Sugar Ray Robinson, caught the 20-year-old Jiles with a big left hand late in the 3rd round, staggering Jiles.